Page 30 of Puck Drop
“Grow some balls, for fuck’s sake,” I mumble to myself, then push the door to the truck open.
I take the stairs to Elizabeth’s apartment two at a time. When I make it there, I lift my right hand, ready to knock, but I freeze in place. I should’ve brought her flowers. Or chocolate. Food. Something.
“What a dumbass I am,” I once again mumble to myself. I’ve practically been MIA for the last two weeks, and now I show up empty handed.
Just as I’m about to turn around and run back to my truck, ready to go to the closest store and see what I can buy her, the door is being yanked open.
“Oh my God,” she jumps back, startled to find me on her doorstep. “Logan, what in the world!”
She takes me in, running her wide eyes over the loose basketball shorts and fitted white T-shirt I am wearing.
Deciding to return the favor, I scan her body, starting at her pretty toes, then moving up her body in slow motion. From the outfit she has on, I’m guessing that she just got home from work. I get momentarily startled by what she has in her hand.
“I was taking the trash out,” she explains when she notices that I’m staring at the full garbage bag she’s holding.
“I was about to run to the store to buy you food,” I blurt out.
Elizabeth frowns in confusion. “Food?”
“And flowers,” I add. “Food and flowers.”
“Oh.” She stares at me, moving uncomfortably from foot to foot while sinking her small teeth into her bottom lip.
This is exactly what I’d been fearing, that I didn’t give her my attention for these last two weeks, and now she’s not feeling it anymore.
“I’m not hungry,” she whispers. Her eyes look glassy, like she’s holding back tears.
I swallow around the heavy lump in my throat. “I’m not hungry either.”
My chest rises and falls with the sudden tension coursing through my body. I missed her so much, and I am just now realizing how much. It’s not just about the last two weeks, but the months before that, too.
Without thinking, I lean down and take the bag full of garbage out of her hand. I drop it right outside her door, then take a step forward, and another, until I am standing inside her small entryway. Elizabeth walks backward, her eyes following my every move, inviting me in without any actual words.
I close the door behind me, relieved to feel the cool air skimming over my skin when the A/C in her unit kicks in.
“I missed you so fucking much, Lizzie,” I tell her, my voice a gravely whisper.
That seems to be all she needs to hear. She doesn’t show any hesitation when she steps into me, lifting herself up on the tips of her toes so she can place her hands on my shoulders. When her fingernails dig into the back of my head, I groan and finally pull her entire body into me.
“Logan,” she whispers, and that is the last thing I hear before my mouth slams onto hers.
It is a hard kiss, a take no prisoners kind of kiss, and the more access she gives me, the more I want. My tongue dips into her mouth, licking at her front teeth before massaging her own tongue with it.
It becomes a duel of sorts, where every time I pull back a little, she invades my mouth and all my senses with everything that is her. Every time she pulls back, I do the same to her.
My hands roam down her back until I reach her ass, and my fingers clench for dear life, bringing her closer to me as I grind myself into her.
“I want you. Now.”
I didn’t even realize I said the words out loud. I truly came here to talk to her, but we always seem to communicate better when naked. Because of that, I decide to go with it.
When she pulls me down a short hallway and into what I’m assuming to be the only bedroom in the apartment, I don’t fight it at all.
There’s a mix of slow and sensual moves with a little bit of desperation woven in as we take each other’s clothes off. Given the high temperature outside, neither one of us is wearing much, and, before long, we are both naked.
Just as I am about to gently push Elizabeth down on the bed, she places a gentle hand over my chest.
“Please don’t leave right after,” she begs. Her voice comes trembles when she speaks, but she is determined to get what she wants.
